Watch holder



April 6, 1965 F. M. BURDICK WATCH HOLDER Filed Dec. 11, 1963 30/819 @f/GW' United States Patent 3,176,946 WATCH HOLDER Floyd M. Burdick, P.O. Box 371, Elmliurst, Ill. Filed Dec. 11, 1963, Ser. No. 329,771 Claims. (Cl. 248-415) This invention relates to support mounts and more particularly to a holder for safely and securely retaining a wristwatch on a golf cart.

Heretofore, golfers have experienced difficulties with Wristwatches while playing because of the fact that the impact of a club face with the ball efiected a shock wave that travelled up the arm of a golfer to cause damage to the watch, and, in cases of articulated watch bands, the watches tended to fly off the wrist of the wearer.

A primary object of the invention is to provide a supporting mount for a wristwatch which can be conveniently secured to the handle of a golf cart in a manner that the watch dial is visible.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for supporting Wristwatches of widely varying sizes in shock absorbing relation on a golf cart handle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a wristwatch mount of the stated type which is characterized by ease and facility of manufacture, convenience of form and approved functional characteristics.

Another object of the invention is to provide a wristwatch mount which is adapted to be secured to a scorecard board.

Other objects of the invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art from the specification and appended drawing, illustrating a preferred embodiment in which:

FIG. 1 is a fragmentary elevational view of a golf cart showing the wristwatch mount of the present invention in operative position;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view in perspective of the wristwatch mount of the present invention showing the golf cart handle in ghost lines;

FIG. 3 is an elevational view, partly in section, of the wristwatch mount of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a view, on the same scale as that of FIG. 3, view from the left in the figure;

FIG. 5 is a sectional plan view taken substantially from 1-5 5 of FIG. 3; and

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a modified form of wristwatch mount adapted to be secured to a conventional scorecard board.

Referring now to the drawings and more particularly to FIGS. 1 and 2, the Wristwatch mount of the present invention is indicated generally by reference numeral 10 and includes a body section 12 on which a wristwatch may be positioned and a bracket section 14 for securing the mount on a handle 16 of a conventional golf cart.

The body section 12 includes a substantially rectangular portion 14 having at the left end thereof, as viewed in FIGS. 2, 3 and 5 a recessed 16 and a body portion 18 having at the right end thereof, as viewed in FIGS. 2, 3 and 5 a recessed 20.

Referring now more particularly to FIG. 3 the body portion 14 is provided with a plurality of pairs of longitudinally spaced transversely disposed openings 22. The body portion 18 is formed, at the left end thereof, as viewed in FIG. 5, with a pair of transversely disposed tapped openings 24 in which are threadedly received capscrews 26 which pass through selective pairs of the openings 22 to afford relative adjustability between the portions and 18 to accommodate watch bands of different sizes.

An elastic band 28 is mounted on the body section 12 in parallelism with the longitudinal axis thereof. As will be observed in FIGS. 2, 3 and 5 the band 28 is retained in position by means of the recesses 16 and 20. The band 28 receives the Wristwatch and, due to its resilient nature, insulates the watch from shocks incident to pulling the golf cart over rough terrain.

Bracket section 14 is illustrated as being formed integrally with the body portion 15 and, as clearly shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 is of a substantial U-shaped configuration to embrace the golf cart handle. Bracket section 14 comprises an arm 39 substantially coplanar with the body portion 15 and arm 32 in substantially parallelism with the arm 30. The arm 30 is formed with the opening 34- for receipt of an elongated screw 36 which passes through an opening 38 in the arm 32. A wing nut 4% is threadedly received on the screw 36 to retain the bracket firmly in the position illustrated in FIG. 1.

In FIG. 6 is shown a modified form of the present invention in which a scorecard board is indicated generally by reference numeral 58 and is mounted on handle 52 of a golf cart by means of brackets se. The scorecard board 58 includes a panel 54 to which is secured a plurality of clips for holding in position a scorecard, pencil, golf balls, tees and the like. In this instance, the wristwatch holder includes a tab 66 which is preferably integrally formed with body section 58 and is secured to the panel 54 by means of machine screw 62. Rotation of the wristwatch mount with respect to the panel 54 is prevented by means of outwardly extending tangs 64.

The wristwatch mount of the present invention exhibits important advantages. For instance, the use of the present wristwatch mount precludes damage to the watch incident to playing golf and effectively precludes the loss of a watch when an articulate watch band is employed. The present mount permits convenient viewing of the watch dial while the golf game is in progress and removes the watch from areas where it might be damaged.

The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness of understanding only and no unnecessary limitations should be understood therefrom as modifications will be obvious to those skilled in the art.

I claim:

1. A wristwatch holder comprising an elongated body section, said body section comprising two portions adjustably secured each to the other, each of said portions having a recessed free end for reception of a wristwatch band when the band longitudinally surrounds said body section, an elastic shock-absorbing band longitudinally positioned around said body section, a bracket connected to one of said portions, and screw means for securing said bracket in an operative position.

2. Means for supporting a wristwatch in shock-absorbing relation on a golf cart comprising an elongated body section, said body section comprising a pair of rectangular body portions slidably disposed each to the other and each having a recessed free end for reception of a wrist- Watch band when the band longitudinally surrounds said body section, one of said body portions having a plurality of longitudinally spaced transversely disposed pairs of openings, the other of said body portions having at the other end thereof a pair of transversely disposed openings for reception of a pair of capscrews which pass through selected pairs of openings of said first body portion, a band of elastic material received in the recessed free ends of said body portions and a bracket formed integrally with said first body portion.

3. The wristwatch holder of claim 2 wherein said bracket is U-shaped and adapted to surround the handle of a golf cart.

4. The wristwatch holder of claim 2 wherein said bracket is provided with means for securement.

5. The wristwatch holder of claim 1 wherein one of I said body portions is formed with a plurality of openings 1,528,320 3/25 Coffey 248-115 forseleetive reception of fastening means-passing through 2,709,517 5/55 Young 248'-''-116 X an Opening in the other of said body positions FOREIGN PATENTS 'References Cited by'the Examiner 5 579,251 6/33 Ge -many UNITED STATESVPATENTSV M 330,342 7/58 swlt-zerland. 771,292,187 1/ 19 Wheaton ---v---- 2431 2 CLAUDEA. LEr-ROY, Primary Examiner.

, 1,338,384 7 4/20 Loyland 24831 

1. A WRISTWATCH HOLDER COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BODY SECTION, SAID BODY SECTION COMPRISING TWO PORTIONS ADJUSTABLY SECURED EACH TO THE OTHER, EACH OF SAID PORTIONS HAVING A RECESSED FREE END FOR RECEPTION OF A WRISTWATCH BAND WHEN THE BAND LONGITUDINALLY SURROUNDS SAID BODY SECTION, AN ELASTIC SHOCK-ABSORBING BAND LONGITUDINALLY POSITIONED AROUND SAID BODY SECTION, A BRACKET CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID PORTIONS, AND SCREW MEANS FOR SECURING SAID BRACKET IN AN OPERATIVE POSITION. 